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DillonFoulds:

I'm gonna be coming up with 3 generic Showcase Dynamo cabs that I'm going to MAME for a few guys at work, and in the process I'm looking to upgrade my MAME machine as well.

Show me your ideal newegg shopping carts! I want to be able to emulate most (obviously excluding Midway/Vegas777 games) fluidly. I'll be loading up a HUGE hyperspin wheel as well.

Ideally I'm looking for...
2TB HDD (Should be enough for what I have in mind)
2gb Ram (Shouldn't need more, should I?)
Mobo/CPU Combo (Here's where I'm really looking for tips)
Video Cards (I guess if I'm running PSX, DC, and N64 emulators, I should have beefier cards, no?)

So I'm looking to order 4 identical rigs. What do you guys suggest?



Edit:
Not sure this will work, but...
https://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14247905

Crazy Cooter:


--- Quote from: DillonFoulds on November 08, 2010, 09:17:46 pm ---Not sure this will work, but...
https://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14247905

--- End quote ---

Didn't work.  What's the budget?

DillonFoulds:

Cheaper is better, but I wouldn't be opposed to sacrifice price for performance. Ideally something that sits in around 400$ or less.


SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
    Model #:HD204UI
    Item #:N82E16822152245
$109.99

MSI 740GM-P25 AM3 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
    Model #:740GM-P25
    Item #:N82E16813130288
$54.99

Kingston ValueRAM 1GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory
    Model #:KVR1333D3N9/1G
    Item #:N82E16820134657
$40.98

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor
    Model #:ADX620WFK42GI
    Item #:N82E16819103705
$89.99

Subtotal:    $295.95


Prices in Canuckistan Bucks

Thenasty:

go for the TOP PROCESSOR if you can afford it

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331322

This should be enought for all those hungry CPU games you want to play.  :cheers:

newmanfamilyvlogs:

Currently there are diminishing returns past 2 cores in MAME, a higher clock speed is more advantageous:

Consider this (Taken from NewEgg.ca):

    Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
    Item #: N82E16822136514
    $119.90

    G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
    Item #: N82E16820231098
    $55.99

Subtotal:    $175.89
 
    ASRock A785GM-LE/128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
    Item #: N82E16813157179
    $59.99

    AMD Athlon II X2 260 Regor 3.2GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ADX260OCGMBOX
    Item #: N82E16819103873
    $73.99

Subtotal:    $133.98

Total: 289.97

Still need a Power supply and a video card, however.
DDR2 is cheaper than DDR3.

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